Near Drowning

Friday Afternoon at 3:26 PM, Golden Valley Firefighters were dispatched to a reported drowning of a 3 year old in the 7800 block of Chino Road in Golden Valley. Arriving approximately 2-minutes after dispatch, Firefighters found bystanders performing CPR on the 3 year old child, Golden Valley Fire Paramedics immediately took over care and treatment of the patient and transported the patient to Kingman Regional Medical Center. The name of the child is being withheld until the pending investigation is completed by MCSO.

Hwy-40 rollover sends four to hospital

Traffic was slowed for about an hour on Friday at 10:47 AM, as Golden Valley Firefighter-Paramedics treated a family of four from California after the car they were driving Eastbound Hwy-40 at Mile-Post-37 lost control and rolled at least once before coming to rest on its top.  Bystanders assisted the victims to exit the vehicle just prior to the arrival of emergency crews.  In all, Golden Valley Fire dispatched two Attack Units, two Chief Officers and two ambulances. Golden Valley Fire Chief Tom O’Donohue stated that all four patients, who were properly wearing their seatbelts, were transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center for evaluation and treatment.  ADOT and DPS officers remained on scene to determine the exact cause of the accident. 

Two transported after mountain-top rescue

Thursday’s Helicopter Rescue in the Golden Valley Fire District at approximately 1:00 PM ultimately resulted in two patients being transported to KRMC. An unidentified man approximately 43-years old called 911 after being swarmed by bees atop the mountain area just South of Kofa Road off of Hwy-68.  Golden Valley Firefighters responded and began to ascend the mountain to reach the patient.   Anticipating a 45-minute hike to the top, Captain Martin requested the Golden Valley Technical Rescue Team (TRT) be activated and the DPS Ranger Rescue helicopter to assist.  Ranger was on another mission, so Tri-State Care Flight responded.   The helicopter landed in a precarious area after hovering for 5-minutes looking for a safe landing zone. The patient was picked off the mountain top and delivered to waiting Golden Valley Fire crews and RMI paramedics on Kirkland Road.  The patient who was stung was transported to KRMC via ground ambulance. The second patient, a River Medical employee, was transported to KRMC in his own ambulance while receiving treatment by Golden Valley Fire Captain/Paramedic David Martin.